A forensic doctor testified that he could identify John O officer.
Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, a forensic pathologist at the Massachusetts main forensic doctor’s office, performed the autopsy on January 31, 2022.
While Scordi-Bello discovered that O’Keefe had died of head and hypothermia trauma, the way death suffered these injuries was undetermined.
The overwhelming impact on his head was the main cause of death, he testified, but hypothermia contributed. He had a deep cut and bruises on the back of his head. Once he looked at him from the inside, he found multiple skull fractures and brain bleeding. And his body temperature when he arrived at the hospital was 80.1 degrees compared to a normal body temperature of 98.6.
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Respondent Karen Read, by the way, talks to her lawyer, Alan Jackson, before the beginning of her trial in the Superior Court of Norfolk on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in Dedham, Mass. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, Pool)
First he discussed the external exam, saying that he found similar wounds on his face, head, hand, arm and knee that other witnesses, including paramedics and the police, have already ruled out the jury.
He had scratches and “superficial” cuts on his arm, which did not penetrate the skin or expose fat or muscle tissue, he testified.
Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, the forensic doctor who performed the autopsy about the murder victim John or (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, Pool)
He also performed an internal exam and analyzed additional injuries.
On the back of his skull, he found multiple fractures of a cut on the right side of his head.
That injury is consistent with falling back and landing with her head on the frozen field, she testified during the interrogation of defense lawyer Robert Alessi, who asked Scordi-Bell if O’Keefe should have an autopsy.
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Defensor lawyer Robert Alessis questions the Forensic scientist of the Massachusetts State Police, Maureen Hartnett, the duration of Karen Read trial in the Superior Court of Norfolk Thorsday, May 15, 2025, in Didham, Mass. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, Pool)
“There is nothing inconsistent with this injury and a fall in someone’s, on the back of the head, with a forceful surface,” he testified.
“A fall back where the person impacts the back of his head on the flat and frozen floor … Would you expect that kind of laceration of that type of fall?” Alessi continued. “Not only a general fall back, but specifically a fall back where the back of the head hits the flat and frozen floor. Would that wait?”
“Could,” said Scordi-Bello. “Yeah.”
However, he also said he did not find signs of grass on the back of O’Kefe’s head.
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John O’Kefe is shown in a photo without date. O’Keefe died on January 29, 2022. His girlfriend, Karen Read, was accused of hitting him with his SUV Lexus and fleeing. (Courtesy of Karen Read)
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Alessi also ravaged her in the finding of hypothermia, asking if internal lesions to or
She testified that it is possible that her pancreas could hemorrhage of a device used to help paramedics with CPR efforts, but that would not have damaged her stomach. However, he then testified that stomach ulcers could have a leg caused by O’Keefe drinking alcohol without wild antiactile medicine.
The toxicology report found no medications or medications prescribed in its system at the time of their death. It had a blood alcohol level of .21%. And had prescribed an antacid to prevent gastric ulcers.
Dr. Irini Scordi-Bello, the forensic doctor who performed the autopsy about the murder victim John or (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell, Pool)
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Even after an amended death certificate was issued, O’Keefe’s way of death remained indeterminate. Scordi-Bello testified on Thursday that he supports his findings about the cause, the trauma of the head and hypothermia.
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After Judge Beverly Cannone sent the jury members home for the day, Alessi argued that the new revelations about the testimony of opening experts, who made reports for the Prosecutor’s Office, would put at risk the “complete defense” if allowed at the end of the game.
The dissemination was dated May 8, but was received by the defense on May 11, he said.
Karen Read listens to Jennifer McCabe’s testimony during Read murder trial in Norfolk’s Superior Court in Didham, Massachusetts, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger through AP, Pool)
“I don’t like using hyperbolic words, but the word has used us: ambush, ambush, ambush,” Alessi said. “If there is ever an example of an ambush, this is.”
In a heated from one place to another, Brennan described the dissemination as evidence of a significant diverse among internal watches in Lexus of Read and John O’Keefe cell phone data.
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Cannone did not announce a decision before the court of postponement of the day.
Read dates back Friday at 9 am
She could face life imprisonment if she is convicted of the most serious position.
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